Month: April 2016
Doing the Dinah: An Epic Party To Remember
Full disclosure…no, “disclosure” isn’t even the word. This is an actual confession: 2016 marks my first Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend ever.
There’s no shame in that if you’re one of the baby dykes frolicking around the pool. In fact there’s a brisk trade at this year’s festival in “Dinah Virgin” t-shirts proudly worn by dozens of party girls.
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Travel Scholarship Encourages World Exploration
Hostelling International USA plans to help 81 young people travel the world with its new Explore the World Travel Scholarship.
Launched in March, the scholarship was created to encourage Americans between the ages 18 – 30 years of age to travel outside of the United States in 2016 and 2017.
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Chef Syme Delivers Fine Fare at Yaletown’s La Pentola Italian Restaurant
Chef Lucais Syme delivers an unmatched and irresistible meal at La Pentola in Vancouver, British Columbia’s Yaletown neighborhood. Situated inside the OPUS Vancouver Hotel, this rustic Northern Italian restaurant is an experience to be had – and not forgotten.
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Black Women Settle Lawsuit With Napa Valley Wine Train
Sistahs on the Reading Edge settled their race discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train April 18.
The Wine Train’s governing board still needs to approve the undisclosed settlement with the 11 women who were allegedly unceremoniously kicked off of the train for being loud and boisterous in August 2015, according to media reports.
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A Profusion Of Fusion At Orlando’s Tako Cheena
When Pom Moongauklang opened her first Orlando restaurant, the eponymous Pom Pom’s Tea House and Sandwicheria (67 North Bumby Avenue; 407-894-0865; PomPomSteahouse.com), patrons were spooked by watercress and walked out when they realized American cheese wasn’t available.
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Oh So Fresh: Urban Fresh Day Spa Rejuvenates Albuquerque
Life is an adventure for Andre and Dr. Keith West-Harrison, the duo masterminds behind the newly launched Urban Fresh Cosmetics (123 Broadway Boulevard Southeast, 505-404-6670, , UrbanFreshCosmetics.com), organic bathing and cosmetics line, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Be Beach Glamourous With Beach Glam’s Ama Addae
In getting ready for beach season, Girls That Roam wanted to find out how to look fabulous on the beach but what a beach glamorous traveler is, so we chatted with Ama Addae, who founded Beach Glam, about her inspiration, must-have beach gear, and what a beach glamorous traveler looks like.
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Survival 101: Woman Lost In AZ White Mountains Did Everything Right
Ann Rogers and her dog were traveling to visit her grandchildren in Phoenix when her hybrid car ran out of gas and electric power in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona.
She was lost for nine days.
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Debi Bishop takes the helm at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
Debi Bishop was named and immediately stepped into her new role as managing director of Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort on April 1.
The 22-acre, 2,860-room beachfront property is Hilton’s largest hotel.
The 30-year hospitality veteran succeeds Tracy Walker, the resort’s former general manager, who was named regional general manager of Hilton Worldwide in Southern California. Tracy served as general manager of Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort since 2012.
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Goddesses Not Forgotten: ‘The Sister Chapel’ is Revived in New Jersey
Once controversial feminist retelling of creation “The Sister Chapel” is revived in its fully envisioned form nearly 40 years later.
Some of the artists whose works were displayed and who also served as models, such as Cynthia Mailman, were present for the opening reception March 31.
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French Women Soldiers Scale Mt. Kilimanjaro For Victims Of War
Five French women soldiers and one survivor of war scaled Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money to support victims of war.
The women who climbed in their uniforms, except for Cecile Trompette, who was a victim of war, made it to the mountain’s summit following a seven day trek April 10.
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Visionary DOT General Counsel Steps Down
Katie Thompson, general counsel of the Department of Transportation, is set to step down from her position at the end of May.
During her tenure as one of President Barack Obama’s original appointees to the DOT she negotiated key deals winning her praise from her colleagues.
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